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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
The First Twelve Weeks
Yeah 12 weeks!!! We are so excited to have made it to this first milestone in the pregnancy. Having made it this far the twins have a very good chance of going full term. I found out I was pregnant on July 15th, the day before our third wedding anniversary. As difficult as it was, I kept this to myself for a whole day so I could make our anniversary a little more special. I put a baby onesie in with Joel's anniversary gift, he was surprised and excited.
Around the first week of August (when I was 7 weeks) we had a scare when I started having a little bit of spotting. I of course did my internet research and found that this is pretty common in the first trimester, but when it lasted for a few days I decided to visit the ER as I had convinced myself of the worst. After three hours in the waiting room we saw the ER doctor who ordered an ultrasound. I was so relieved when the ultrasound tech showed us the heartbeat on the first baby. Then completely shocked when she showed us the heartbeat on the SECOND baby! I think Joel's response was something like, "you're f#@%$#* kidding me right?" Turns out the spotting was from what is called a subchorionic bleed which is little collection of implantation blood that has since resolved itself (more common with twins). Their heartbeats at the time of the ultrasound were 147 and 167.
After the initial shock wore off we quickly adjusted to the thought of two for one babies, and in fact are feeling pretty excited about it! Being so early we had planned to only tell family and selected close friends, but we had a hard time containing the happy news! I think daddy was making more calls than me (so sweet).
We had a second follow up ultrasound at 10 weeks (the youtube video is on the blog) which was amazing. During our 7 week ER visit the Dr. had told us that sometimes when they find twins that early one of them can disappear. Already in love with them both, we were happy to discover there were still two peas in the pod. They looked so much more like little babies and were even moving hands and feet. We again got to see the heartbeats which were 175 beats per minute for each of them.
For the most part the pregnancy has not been too taxing on mama. It's incredible how big the baby bump already is. I can no longer button my big pants and started on maternity pants at about ten weeks. I have had a little bit of nausea, difficulty eating, and have been needing lots of extra sleep, but I am keeping in mind always how worth it it will all be! Joel has been a tremendous amount of help picking up slack for, and taking good care of this tired mama. I couldn't ask for a better hubby!
All in all the first twelve weeks have been pretty exciting and we couldn't be happier.
Around the first week of August (when I was 7 weeks) we had a scare when I started having a little bit of spotting. I of course did my internet research and found that this is pretty common in the first trimester, but when it lasted for a few days I decided to visit the ER as I had convinced myself of the worst. After three hours in the waiting room we saw the ER doctor who ordered an ultrasound. I was so relieved when the ultrasound tech showed us the heartbeat on the first baby. Then completely shocked when she showed us the heartbeat on the SECOND baby! I think Joel's response was something like, "you're f#@%$#* kidding me right?" Turns out the spotting was from what is called a subchorionic bleed which is little collection of implantation blood that has since resolved itself (more common with twins). Their heartbeats at the time of the ultrasound were 147 and 167.
After the initial shock wore off we quickly adjusted to the thought of two for one babies, and in fact are feeling pretty excited about it! Being so early we had planned to only tell family and selected close friends, but we had a hard time containing the happy news! I think daddy was making more calls than me (so sweet).
We had a second follow up ultrasound at 10 weeks (the youtube video is on the blog) which was amazing. During our 7 week ER visit the Dr. had told us that sometimes when they find twins that early one of them can disappear. Already in love with them both, we were happy to discover there were still two peas in the pod. They looked so much more like little babies and were even moving hands and feet. We again got to see the heartbeats which were 175 beats per minute for each of them.
For the most part the pregnancy has not been too taxing on mama. It's incredible how big the baby bump already is. I can no longer button my big pants and started on maternity pants at about ten weeks. I have had a little bit of nausea, difficulty eating, and have been needing lots of extra sleep, but I am keeping in mind always how worth it it will all be! Joel has been a tremendous amount of help picking up slack for, and taking good care of this tired mama. I couldn't ask for a better hubby!
All in all the first twelve weeks have been pretty exciting and we couldn't be happier.
Two Heartbeats At Twelve Weeks!!!!
We had our twelve week Drs. appointment on Thursday the 11th. Ginger, one of the midwives found both heartbeats. They were approx. 136 and 146 which she says is good. Unfortunately I haven't gained any weight yet, but my appetite seems to be returning so I am hoping to catch up quickly!
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